Liberals believe the Constitution should be respected as written but also that it’s a living document that reflects the times. What does that mean?

Are they saying that if they don’t like the way things are, they want to ignore the Constitution? There are amendments because times change and there sometimes is a need to grant new protections and rights.

Liberals want a fair tax system. If that is true, why are so many people who have an income paying no income tax? Wouldn’t it be fairer if everyone with an income contributed something, even it was only 1 percent of their income? If everyone contributed, this would reflect a view of equal responsibility, and liberals clearly don’t want that. What liberals really want is to redistribute income.

It’s a liberal mantra that if someone doesn’t agree with you, it has to be racial discrimination.

If you want to enter a state or federal building, you are required to show a photo ID. Every time I went into 44 Calvert St. in Annapolis, a county building, they asked to see my ID. But ask someone to show a photo ID to vote and you are disenfranchising them. Why aren’t they disenfranchised when they want to enter a state or federal building? Are the guards asking to see an ID racists?

Liberals think the federal government should be the watchdog for all Americans and ensure the essence of the Constitution. If that is true, why don't liberals want immigration laws enforced?

As William F. Buckley Jr. once said, “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

BOB NIST

Glen Burnie

Support for Moore

County Executive Steve Schuh claims he asked for a refund of a $1,000 donation he gave to losing Alabama Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore. It seems County Executive Schuh was only asking for his donation to be returned because it came to light through the reports of The Arundel Patriot.

However, even before the sexual assault allegations against him, Moore was removed from the bench as a judge not once but twice for breaking the law. He contributed to a religious study course that argued that women should not hold political office. He said U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison from Minnesota shouldn’t be allowed to serve in Congress because of his Muslim religious affiliation.

County Council Chairman Michael Peroutka, R- Millersville, and State Sen. Ed Reilly, R-Crofton, attended the same Severna Park fundraiser for Moore with County Executive Schuh.

The majority of Alabama voters rejected Moore. In 2018, Anne Arundel County voters will have the opportunity to select from candidates whose time will be focused on issues of importance to Anne Arundel County residents rather than focused on supporting out-of-state extremists like Roy Moore.

DAN KAVANAUGH

Annapolis

Trump’s hypocrisy

The fact that anyone continues to defend Donald Trump astonishes me.

My letter (The Capital, Oct. 30) concerned Trump's hypocrisy when he said this about Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain: “He’s not a war hero. I like people that weren’t captured.”

Lee Robinson (The Capital, Dec. 10) erred when he referred to my criticism of that comment. He said the five deferments Trump received were “education deferments.” Four of them were, but the fifth was for bone spurs. Bone spurs were also an acceptable cause for avoiding the draft, but they didn't stop Trump from participating in sports.

In 1968, at the age of 22, Trump had played football, tennis and squash, and was taking up golf. His medical history was unblemished, aside from a routine appendectomy when he was 10. What a coincidence that he suddenly discovered bone spurs as a way to avoid the draft.

Not serving in the military is no disgrace. Belittling John McCain, who did serve and who suffered terribly for it, is shameful, spiteful and petty beyond belief, all of which are qualities we can expect from this president.